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rampartd

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5. allow what to happen?

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Sat May 23, 2026, 08:58 AM

May 23

the motto at jamestown was "if you do not work you do not eat."

the pilgrims held witch trials.

what has changed since then?

corporate power, hierarchal religion and business. institutional racism and settlement violence worse than palastine.

trump? i allowed this to happen by never imagining that pedophiles could operate so openly, that crime was the most honored profession

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How will you explain this period of American history to your grandchild/great-grandchild? [View all] True Dough May 23 OP

I won't pretend to understand it The Blue Flower May 23 #1

Evil people took over the country. dem4decades May 23 #2

Well, I probably won't have to, but I would refer to it as our "Period of Intense Shame' hlthe2b May 23 #3

They are living it right along side us... MiHale May 23 #4

allow what to happen? rampartd May 23 #5

There have been many equally shameful periods of American history, we seem to have short memories. sop May 23 #6

The same way it continues to let it happen -- by refusing to dismantle the white supremacy this country is built on. WhiskeyGrinder May 23 #7

I have neither so I won't be faced with that problem, which is a good thing Ocelot II May 23 #8

We allowed the Fox Propaganda Network to go unchecked and we weren't ready to handle social media Chasstev365 May 23 #9

And some people are gullible, unfortunately, True Dough May 23 #10

In Chinese Renew Deal May 23 #11

Will our plutocracy be gone then? Mysterian May 23 #12

Our ancestors killed the Nazis abroad but we were too scared to send the modern domestic ones screaming down to hell. Efilroft Sul May 23 #13

Assuming things get better, I'll say, "It was a time of multiple, grand, society-wide psychoses." Intractable May 23 #14

They won't be learning anything in school gulliver May 23 #15

Are schools teaching about 2016 in History classes now? muriel_volestrangler May 23 #16

When I was in high school in the early '90s, True Dough May 23 #19

I didn't study anything under 30 years ago when I was at school muriel_volestrangler May 23 #20

America is an internal combustion engine burning corrupted gasoline. Midnight Writer May 23 #17

Because almost 40% of eligible voters stayed at home and even though they saw what was coming.... A HERETIC I AM May 23 #18

I'd try and explain it akin to the rise of Hitler sakabatou May 23 #21

Like the Inclosure Acts, there was a lot of common property that a few individuals fenced off meadowlander May 23 #22